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|image = They keep killing Suzie.jpg | |image = They keep killing Suzie.jpg | ||
|series = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' | |series = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' | ||
|season number = Series 1 (Torchwood) | |season number = Series 1 (Torchwood) | ||
|series episode number = 8 | |series episode number = 8 | ||
|scripturl = https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/torchwood-1-episode-8-they-keep-killing-suzie-blue-revisions-01082006.pdf | |||
|main character = [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] | |main character = [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] | ||
|featuring = [[Kathy Swanson|Swanson]] | |featuring = [[Kathy Swanson|Swanson]] | ||
|enemy = [[Suzie Costello]] | |enemy = [[Suzie Costello]] | ||
|setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]] | |setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]]{{note|Episodes 1-10 of the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' are set anywhere from [[2006]]-[[2009]] as a result of [[Aliens of London dating controversy|conflicting evidence]] shown in the episodes {{cs|Ghost Machine (TV story)}}, {{cs|Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)}}, {{cs|Random Shoes (TV story)}}, {{cs|To the Last Man (TV story)}}, {{cs|Reset (TV story)}}, {{cs|Adrift (TV story)}}, {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}, {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}}, and {{cs|The New World (TV story)}}. As episode 10, {{cs|Out of Time (TV story)}}, is set at the end of [[December]], this means that episodes 11-13 are almost certainly set the year after episodes 1-10.}} | ||
|writer = | |writer = Paul Tomalin, Dan McCulloch | ||
|director = [[James Strong]] | |director = [[James Strong]] | ||
|producer = [[Richard Stokes]] | |producer = [[Richard Stokes]] | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 3 December 2006 | ||
|network = | |network = BBC Three | ||
|format = 1x53-minute episode | |format = 1x53-minute episode | ||
|prev = Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story) | |prev = Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story) | ||
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|clip2 = Suzie Talks to Gwen About the Afterlife They Keep Killing Suzie Torchwood | |clip2 = Suzie Talks to Gwen About the Afterlife They Keep Killing Suzie Torchwood | ||
|clip3 = Suzie dies...again - Torchwood - BBC | |clip3 = Suzie dies...again - Torchwood - BBC | ||
}} | }}{{you may|They Keep Killing Andy (short story)|n1=''They Keep Killing Andy''}} | ||
{{you may|They Keep Killing Andy (short story)|n1=''They Keep Killing Andy''}} | |||
'''''They Keep Killing Suzie''''' was the eighth episode in the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[Paul Tomalin]] and [[Dan McCulloch]] and directed by [[James Strong]]. | '''''They Keep Killing Suzie''''' was the eighth episode in the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[Paul Tomalin]] and [[Dan McCulloch]] and directed by [[James Strong]]. | ||
It marked the reappearance, revival, and second death of [[Suzie Costello]], who had previously | It marked the reappearance, revival, and second death of [[Suzie Costello]], who had previously [[suicide|killed herself]] in the [[Everything Changes (TV story)|first episode]] when it was discovered she was behind the murders that brought Gwen into Torchwood. It was intended to be the first in a line of seasonal reappearances for the character, but [[Indira Varma]] was not available for filming during the production of [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|series two]] as she was pregnant. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Literature === | === Literature === | ||
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=== Filming locations === | === Filming locations === | ||
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=== Broadcasts === | |||
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|[[Sunday]] [[3 December (releases)|3 December]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] | |||
|22:00 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
|First broadcast. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Wednesday]] [[6 December (releases)|6 December]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] | |||
|21:00 | |||
|[[BBC Two England]] | |||
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|- | |||
|[[Monday]] [[26 February (releases)|26 February]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|01:55 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
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|- | |||
|[[Thursday]] [[15 March (releases)|15 March]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|22:00 | |||
|[[BBC HD]] | |||
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|- | |||
|[[Friday]] [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|21:00 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
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|- | |||
|[[Saturday]] [[17 November (releases)|17 November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|02:40 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
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|- | |||
|[[Friday]] [[11 June (releases)|11 June]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] | |||
|00:00 | |||
|[[BBC HD]] | |||
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=== Production errors === | === Production errors === | ||
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* The second victim can be seen breathing whilst the camera pans over the couple lying on the bed the second time. | * The second victim can be seen breathing whilst the camera pans over the couple lying on the bed the second time. | ||
* In the first shot of the couple they're lying straight on the bed, but in the second shot they're lying across the bed (the woman's head hanging down from the bed-side), and in the third shot they lie straight again. | * In the first shot of the couple they're lying straight on the bed, but in the second shot they're lying across the bed (the woman's head hanging down from the bed-side), and in the third shot they lie straight again. | ||
*As Jack prepares to stab Suzie with the Life Knife, her head flinches for a split second before it cuts to the closeup of the knife stabbing her torso. | * As Jack prepares to stab Suzie with the Life Knife, her head flinches for a split second before it cuts to the closeup of the knife stabbing her torso. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Suzie remembers that she shot Jack, as well as herself | * Suzie remembers that she shot Jack, as well as herself during the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}}. | ||
* Suzie mentions something moving in the darkness, and says it is coming for Jack, indirectly foreshadowing Jack's confrontation with [[Abaddon]], | * Suzie mentions something moving in the darkness, and says it is coming for Jack, indirectly foreshadowing Jack's confrontation with [[Abaddon]], shown in [[TV]]: {{cs|End of Days (TV story)}} as well as Torchwood Three's encounter with [[Duroc]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Dead Man Walking (TV story)}} | ||
* Retcon was used to cause Gwen to forget Torchwood | * Retcon was used to cause Gwen to forget Torchwood as shown in [[TV]]: {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}}. | ||
== Home video releases == | == Home video releases == | ||
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=== DVD releases === | === DVD releases === | ||
* This episode was first released on DVD, with three other episodes entitled ''Torchwood: Series 1, part 2'' on [[26 February (releases)|26 February]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]. | * This episode was first released on DVD, with three other episodes entitled ''Torchwood: Series 1, part 2'' on [[26 February (releases)|26 February]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]. | ||
* It was later released in ''Torchwood: The Complete First Series'' on [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 2007. | * It was later released in ''Torchwood: The Complete First Series'' on [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 2007. | ||
* It was also released in the Series 1-4 boxset (Region 2 release: 14 November 2011.) | * It was also released in the Series 1-4 boxset (Region 2 release: 14 November 2011.) | ||
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== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
=== Notes === | |||
{{notelist}} | |||
=== Citations === | |||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||